Calgary East
Federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada
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Calgary East is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1953, 1979 to 1988, 1997 to 2015, and since 2025. It has always been a lower-income urban riding in Calgary, with a sizable visible minority population.
 Alberta electoral district | |||
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Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
Conservative | ||
| District created | 1914 | ||
| First contested | 1917 | ||
| Last contested | 2025 | ||
| District webpage | profile, map | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Population (2021)[1] | 119,550 | ||
| Census division | Division No. 6 | ||
| Census subdivision | Calgary (part) | ||
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Following the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution, this riding was restored upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election. It was created out of Calgary Forest Lawn south of 16 Ave NE plus part of Vista Heights, and part of Calgary Shepard north of a line following 130 Ave SE to 52 St SE to Glenmore Trail.[2]
Demographics
According to the 2021 Canadian census[3]
Languages: 70.3% English, 5.3% Tagalog, 4.1% Vietnamese, 2.7% Arabic, 2.0% Spanish, 1.8% French, 1.4% Cantonese, 1.2% Tigrigna
Religions: 48.2% Christian (23.2% Catholic, 2.9% United Church, 2.3% Christian Orthodox, 1.8% Anglican, 1.2% Pentecostal, 1.1% Lutheran, 1.0% Baptist, 14.7% Other), 37.1% No religion, 8.5% Muslim, 3.6% Buddhist
Median income: $38,400 (2020)
Average income: $46,880 (2020)
| Panethnic group | 2021 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pop. | % | |||||||||||||
| European[a] | 62,630 | 52.64% | ||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian[b] | 19,945 | 16.76% | ||||||||||||
| African | 10,605 | 8.91% | ||||||||||||
| Indigenous | 6,660 | 5.6% | ||||||||||||
| Middle Eastern[c] | 5,855 | 4.92% | ||||||||||||
| South Asian | 4,240 | 3.56% | ||||||||||||
| East Asian[d] | 3,505 | 2.95% | ||||||||||||
| Latin American | 2,665 | 2.24% | ||||||||||||
| Other/multiracial[e] | 2,875 | 2.42% | ||||||||||||
| Total responses | 118,980 | 99.52% | ||||||||||||
| Total population | 119,555 | 100% | ||||||||||||
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. | ||||||||||||||
History
This riding was originally created in 1914 as East Calgary from the electoral districts of Calgary and Macleod. The riding's name was changed in 1924 to Calgary East. It was abolished in 1952 when its territory was redistributed between Calgary North, Calgary South, and Macleod, with a small section going to Bow River. It was re-created in 1976 from parts of Calgary North, Calgary South, and Palliser ridings.
It was again abolished in 1987 when its territory was redistributed between Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast, Calgary Southeast, Calgary Southwest, and Crowfoot ridings.
This electoral district was again created in 1996 from the ridings of Calgary Centre, Calgary Northeast, Calgary Southeast, and Wild Rose.
In 2013, Calgary East was abolished a third time. Most of the riding became part of Calgary Forest Lawn, with smaller portions transferred to Calgary Shepard and Calgary Centre.
This electoral district was created for a fourth time in 2023 from the ridings of Calgary Forest Lawn, and Calgary Shepard.[4]
Members of Parliament
This riding has elected the following members of Parliament:
Election results
Calgary East, since 2025
| 2025 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Jasraj Hallan | 32,490 | 60.46 | +7.60 | ||||
| Liberal | Priti Obhrai-Martin | 17,062 | 31.75 | +13.21 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jennifer Geha | 2,092 | 3.89 | –14.19 | ||||
| People's | Harry Dhillon | 908 | 1.69 | –5.48 | ||||
| Green | Carey Rutherford | 727 | 1.35 | –0.77 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Garry Dirk | 321 | 0.60 | N/A | ||||
| Communist | Jonathan Trautman | 137 | 0.25 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 53,737 | 60.12 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 89,390 | |||||||
| Conservative notional hold | Swing | –2.81 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| 2021 federal election redistributed results[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| Conservative | 24,157 | 52.86 | |
| Liberal | 8,474 | 18.54 | |
| New Democratic | 8,264 | 18.08 | |
| People's | 3,275 | 7.17 | |
| Green | 967 | 2.12 | |
| Others | 566 | 1.24 | |
Calgary East, 1997–2015
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 23,372 | 67.43 | +0.96 | $81,882 | |||
| New Democratic | Al Brown | 4,894 | 14.12 | +2.37 | ||||
| Liberal | Josipa Petrunic | 4,102 | 11.83 | +1.68 | $43,497 | |||
| Green | Scott Milton | 2,047 | 5.91 | -4.70 | $3,246 | |||
| Communist | Jason Devine | 246 | 0.71 | -0.30 | $502 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 34,661 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 186 | 0.53 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 34,847 | 46.16 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,496 | – | – | |||||
Total number of votes:
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 21,311 | 66.47 | -0.63 | $77,330 | |||
| New Democratic | Ian Vaughan | 3,768 | 11.75 | +0.88 | $831 | |||
| Green | Nathan Coates | 3,403 | 10.61 | +3.20 | $2,722 | |||
| Liberal | Bernie Kennedy | 3,255 | 10.15 | -2.95 | $6,934 | |||
| Communist | Jason Devine | 323 | 1.01 | +0.41 | $417 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 32,060 | 100.00 | $83,826 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | – | ||||||
| Turnout | – | – | ||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | -0.8 | ||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 26,766 | 67.10 | +5.99 | $79,928 | |||
| Liberal | Dobie To | 5,410 | 13.56 | -7.71 | ||||
| New Democratic | Patrick Arnell | 4,338 | 10.87 | +1.01 | $2,762 | |||
| Green | J. Mark Taylor | 2,955 | 7.41 | +0.36 | $1,910 | |||
| Communist | Jason Devine | 239 | 0.60 | -0.08 | $279 | |||
| Canadian Action | Ghazanfar Khan | 183 | 0.46 | – | $99 | |||
| Total valid votes | 39,890 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 181 | 0.45 | ||||||
| Turnout | 40,071 | 50.45 | ||||||
| 2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Deepak Obhrai | 21,897 | 61.11 | -9.61 | $55,864 | |||
| Liberal | James Maxim | 7,621 | 21.27 | +0.81 | $50,725 | |||
| New Democratic | Elizabeth Thomas | 3,535 | 9.86 | +5.55 | $5,211 | |||
| Green | Dean Kenneth Christie | 2,529 | 7.05 | – | $1,526 | |||
| Communist | Jason Devine | 245 | 0.68 | +0.14 | $750 | |||
| Total valid votes | 35,827 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 207 | 0.57 | ||||||
| Turnout | 36,034 | 47.79 | ||||||
Note: Conservative vote is compared to total of Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative vote in 2000.
| 2000 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Alliance | Deepak Obhrai | 18,141 | 54.25 | +9.27 | $50,082 | |||
| Liberal | Doug Perras | 6,843 | 20.46 | -2.34 | $13,817 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Roger Richard | 5,510 | 16.47 | -8.15 | $26,576 | |||
| New Democratic | Kaie Jones | 1,444 | 4.31 | -2.18 | $4,528 | |||
| Marijuana | Grant Adam Krieger | 1,222 | 3.65 | – | $1,331 | |||
| Communist | Jason Devine | 152 | 0.54 | – | $415 | |||
| Natural Law | Neeraj Varma | 124 | 0.37 | -0.73 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,436 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 118 | 0.35 | ||||||
| Turnout | 33,554 | 48.19 | ||||||
Note: Canadian Alliance vote is compared to Reform vote in 1997.
| 1997 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Reform | Deepak Obhrai | 13,348 | 44.98 | – | $47,624 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Roger Richard | 7,306 | 24.62 | -34.23 | $40,312 | |||
| Liberal | Nagah Hage | 6,766 | 22.80 | -0.77 | $20,633 | |||
| New Democratic | Kaie Jones | 1,926 | 6.49 | -7.19 | $6,993 | |||
| Natural Law | Santo Esposito | 329 | 1.10 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,675 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 175 | 0.59 | ||||||
| Turnout | 29,850 | 47.88 | ||||||
Calgary East, 1979–1988
| 1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Alex Kindy | 36,825 | 58.85 | +6.02 | ||||
| Liberal | Rod Sykes | 14,749 | 23.57 | -3.13 | ||||
| New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 8,558 | 13.68 | +3.40 | ||||
| Independent | Dave G. Wereschuk | 993 | 1.59 | |||||
| Confederation of Regions | Nora Galenzoski | 658 | 1.05 | |||||
| Social Credit | Jim Othen | 343 | 0.55 | -0.42 | ||||
| Libertarian | Wayne Kollinger | 324 | 0.52 | |||||
| Communist | Bruce Potter | 122 | 0.19 | +0.06 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 62,572 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1980 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Kushner | 23,073 | 52.84 | -8.05 | ||||
| Liberal | Albert Ludwig | 11,662 | 26.71 | +3.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 4,490 | 10.28 | -0.84 | ||||
| Independent | Jim C. Young | 3,271 | 7.49 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Philip J. Pazdor | 638 | 1.46 | |||||
| Social Credit | Jim Othen | 422 | 0.97 | -0.76 | ||||
| Communist | Bruce Potter | 58 | 0.13 | -0.01 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Askin | 55 | 0.13 | +0.01 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 43,669 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1979 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | John Kushner | 28,320 | 60.88 | |||||
| Liberal | Albert Ludwig | 11,019 | 23.69 | |||||
| New Democratic | Barry Pashak | 5,172 | 11.12 | |||||
| Independent | George Barber | 1,080 | 2.32 | |||||
| Social Credit | Ted Hammond | 805 | 1.73 | |||||
| Communist | Bruce Potter | 65 | 0.14 | |||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peggy Askin | 54 | 0.12 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 46,515 | 100.00 | ||||||
Calgary East, 1925 - 1952
| 1949 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Douglas Harkness | 9,641 | 35.87 | +4.35 | ||||
| Liberal | Donald Hugh Mackay | 8,555 | 31.83 | +12.55 | ||||
| Social Credit | Clifford Norman Clarke | 5,597 | 20.83 | -2.83 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Warwick Freeman Kelloway | 3,083 | 11.47 | -11.35 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 26,876 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Douglas Harkness | 7,799 | 31.52 | +7.91 | ||||
| Social Credit | Clifford Menzies Willmott | 5,854 | 23.66 | -1.58 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Peter Newton Russell Morrison | 5,646 | 22.82 | -0.79 | ||||
| Liberal | George Henry Ross | 4,771 | 19.28 | -8.25 | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Lionel Frank Edwards | 672 | 2.72 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 24,742 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to National Government vote in 1940.
| 1940 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | George Henry Ross | 5,815 | 27.54 | +13.21 | ||||
| Social Credit | John Landeryou | 5,330 | 25.24 | -21.34 | ||||
| National Government | Hugh Farthing | 4,987 | 23.61 | -9.80 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Warwick Freeman Kelloway | 4,986 | 23.61 | +17.94 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 21,118 | 100.00 | ||||||
Note: National Government vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1940.
| 1935 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Social Credit | John Landeryou | 8,376 | 46.58 | |||||
| Conservative | George Douglas Stanley | 6,009 | 33.42 | -31.98 | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph Tweed Shaw | 2,576 | 14.33 | |||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Edith Patterson | 1,020 | 5.67 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 17,981 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | George Douglas Stanley | 11,344 | 65.40 | +22.64 | ||||
| Labour | Herbert Bealey Adshead | 6,002 | 34.60 | -21.28 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,346 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Labour | Herbert Bealey Adshead | 6,707 | 55.88 | +24.41 | ||||
| Conservative | Fred Davis | 5,132 | 42.76 | -4.40 | ||||
| Independent | William Edward Wood Guy | 163 | 1.36 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 12,002 | 100.00 | ||||||
| 1925 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Conservative | Fred Davis | 5,560 | 47.16 | |||||
| Labour | William Irvine | 3,710 | 31.47 | |||||
| Liberal | William McCartney Davidson | 2,519 | 21.37 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 11,789 | 100.00 | ||||||
East Calgary, 1917–1925
| 1921 Canadian federal election: East Calgary | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Labour | William Irvine | 6,135 | ||||||
| Conservative | Arthur LeRoy Smith | 4,237 | ||||||
| Liberal | Duncan Marshall | 3,684 | ||||||
| 1917 Canadian federal election: East Calgary | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Government (Unionist) | Daniel Lee Redman | 8,363 | ||||||
| Liberal–Labour | William Irvine | 3,911 | ||||||
(In 1917 William Irvine ran as a joint candidate of the Non-Partisan League and the Calgary Labour League.[8])